James Thurber Quotes
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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We just here to do our job.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.
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As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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I am just trying to be a good, protective mother. I want to give Bertie as normal a childhood as possible while preserving his privacy.
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To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.
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While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it would be better if you give the same amount of attention to issues that matter as well.
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There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping.
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Millennials easily connect the dots between good education and good opportunities, and they also understand that it isn't just hard work that determines how well a child will be educated - it also depends on where they live and the resources their parents commit to their education.
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Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddam. sic
